Week 19: F.U.D. of the Week

DEFINITIONS: F.U.D. of the Week is given to the most undeserving reporter, pundit or analyst - the one who shows us the way not to go, the path not to take, the road not to travel. This zero sacrifices their integrity, their honor, their objectivity and our sanity in a pathetic attempt to spread Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt across the interwebs and give us a worserer understanding of the world in which we live in. Extra credit is awarded to them what ought to know better.

RULES:

1) Post the name of the nominee, the date of the offending material and a link to the nominee?s Fouled Up material. Including Fouled Up Dopey quotes is optional but highly encouraged.
2) Only Fouled Up Dopey material posted during the pertinent week (Saturday, May 7 through Friday, May 13) will be considered.
3) AFB members get three votes each which they may bestow upon one or more lucky nominees as they will.
4) Voting will close each Saturday and be tabulated and announced each Sunday.
5) No matter how many deserving candidates there are, there can be only one Fouled Up Dope, so choose unwisely. All the other nominated Dopes simply get ?Dishonorable Mentions? and a place on our ?Roll of Shame.?

Except that Microsoft doesn’t at present have the technology in place to deliver Skype on WP7 there are network elements that aren’t currently in place (sockets I believe). Nor do they have the users to make the “network” larger.

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Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC who was reporting on the Judicial Committee hearings. She said the iPhone stored users locations in an easily accessible database. Half truth, if that. From what I understand it is not easy to get that info by using the iPhone, that it must be obtained from the synched Mac.

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“Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.” E. M. Forster

Consumer Bob at NBC 7 in San Diego. “The hearings attracted, Apple and Google” as if they came on their own volition. However, he did a pretty good job saying that consumers want the features that location services provides, but then complain when they think that they are being tracked.

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“Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.” E. M. Forster

Now, imagine if computer buyers could get a totally reliable computer experience—even easier to use than a Mac and with no need to buy a $300 three-year warranty—and the device costs $350 instead of $1,500 for the Mac or $800 for the Windows PC. This is just the first step of what Google offers through its hardware partners starting June 15.

and then we have

$1 a day offer only to schools and enterprises.

an iPad will be a bit more inexpensive, probably last longer and has better software.

The story is not pure FUD. Anton does offer caveats. He may clean up his act in a few months.

Now, imagine if computer buyers could get a totally reliable computer experience?even easier to use than a Mac and with no need to buy a $300 three-year warranty?and the device costs $350 instead of $1,500 for the Mac or $800 for the Windows PC.

How does he arrive at $350? 36 months @ $20/mo. is $720. And the nearest to a Chrome netbook would be the $999 MacBook Air, discounted to $900 for schools. “easier to use than a Mac”? Ha! UI and UX aren’t even close. I predict pilot programs will be as successful as those using Kindle last year.

Definitely FUDdiest of FUD this week.

Edit: just saw where he got the $350, but that’s already available for your average netbook. No future proofing when you buy the stand alone product.